IP on Bridge not pingable

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Not a beginner but obviously too stupid to continue…

I have a 951-2n running 6.4x.

1.) I cleared the configuration at start up.

2.) I created bridge1 and added all ports to it.

3.) I assigned 192.168.1.127 to the bridge1

4.) I plugged in the mik to my 192.168.1.0/24 network

5.) I can not arping nor ping 192.168.1.254 which is the networks default gateway nor any other machine on the network including a laptop plugged into any port on the mik (laptop is 128).

6.) Nor can I pass traffic through the switch from a laptop plugged into any port on the tik to any IP on the network side.

What don’t I understand about bridging and putting the IP’s on the bridge. I want this to act as a simple addressable switch.

Thanks,

Homer W Smith, CEO LIghtlink.com

2

Change your address to read as 192.168.1.127/24 and add route for 0.0.0.0/0 gateway=192.168.1.254. If that doesn’t work please post the result of /export.

3

@2frogs, Device is configured as a switch, not a router

@ homerwsmith, please paste output from export hide-sensitive so we can look at all config and possibly assist

4

I understand this, but it is necessary to have a route to the local IP scope. Without it, it will not respond to pings and you will have to connect to it using its MAC. And without setting the gateway, you can not use the built in upgrade or other tools to test outside of the network. I have many devices configured as such.

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This should be 192.168.1.127/24

Easy mistake to make if that is what is wrong.

6

I agree, but that is only for management of the device itself, should have no effect on devices communicating through it

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OK, so what you are saying here is:

1.) All ports on the 951 are bridged.
2.) I have assigned 192.168.1.127/24 to the bridge.
3.) There is no default gateway assigned at all
4.) A laptop is plugged into port 1 with static IP 192.168.1.126/24

Then I should NOT be able to ping 127 from the laptop due to a missing gateway?

Homer W Smith
CEO Lightlink Internet

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You can ping the switch from hosts within same subnet because switch is able to communicate with those directly. You can’t ping the switch from other subnets (and switch can’t establish connection to those) because it would have to communicate through gateway and it doesn’t know about any.